Songs of Sea and Sail

by Thomas Fleming Day

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SONGS OF ❦ ❦
SEA AND SAIL

 

THOMAS FLEMING DAY

 

❦

 

NEW YORK AND LONDON
THE RUDDER PUBLISHING COMPANY
1898

Copyright 1898

By Thomas Fleming Day

All Rights Reserved

 

Press of
Thomson & Co.
New York

TO
THOSE WHO LOVE
THE SEA
AND ITS SHIPS.

CONTENTS.

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1. The Mermaid's Song ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   9

2. Trafalgar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   13

3. When ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   18

4. The Forsaken Port ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   19

5. An Early Moonset ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   24

6. On the Bridge ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   25

7. Missing ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   30

8. Making Land ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   31

9. At Portsmouth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   35

10. At Anchor ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    39

11. From the Cliff ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    40

12. Then and Now ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    42

13. The Ships ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    43

14. The Man-o'-War's Man's Yarn ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    49

15. A Foggy Morning ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    53

16. Unknown ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    55

17. The Coasters ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    57

18. To-Day ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    62

19. The Sailor of the Sail ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    63

20. The Yacht ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    68

21. The Trade Wind's Song ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    69

22. Execution Rock Light ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    71

23. The Cargo Boats ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    73

24. Noontide Calm ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    77

25. Old Buccaneer's Song ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    81

26. The Belfry of the Sea ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    85

27. Phantoms ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    95

28. Flotsam ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    98

29. The Lost Ship ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    99

30. The Main Sheet Song ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    101

31. The Landfall ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    103

32. The Clipper ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    104

33. The Constitution ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    105

34. The Tartar ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    107

35. Warning ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    110

36. In September ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    111

37. The Homeward Bounder's Song ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    113

38. The Spell of the Sea ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    115

39. Days of Oak ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    117

40. Long, Long Ago ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    119

41. Wind Happy Ships ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    122

42. The Quest ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    123